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Theatre During Wartime: A Report From Ukraine

Theatre During Wartime: A Report From Ukraine

Live performance persists amid the Russian onslaught, not as a commentary on the...

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Where the River Does Not Stand Still

Where the River Does Not Stand Still

With its new Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, Hudson Valley Shakespeare has a stunning...

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In Pittsburgh, a Partnership Leads to Layoffs

In Pittsburgh, a Partnership Leads to Layoffs

Pittsburgh Public Theater’s entire staff has been let go, and Pittsburgh CLO is...

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Marking a Big Birthday for a Nation That Contains Multitudes

Marking a Big Birthday for a Nation That Contains Multitudes

A roundup of the countless projects celebrating America's 250th birthday this summer...

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LIVE PREMIERE  RENELL SHAW THE WINDRUSH SUITE AND ECHO IN THE BONES

LIVE PREMIERE RENELL SHAW THE WINDRUSH SUITE AND ECHO IN...

THE UK’S FINEST MUSICIANS ACROSS JAZZ, CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ASSEMBLE...

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Tonys, Eliot Norton Awards, June Anne Baker Prize, and More

Tonys, Eliot Norton Awards, June Anne Baker Prize, and...

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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‘Eugene’ Holds a Picking Party

‘Eugene’ Holds a Picking Party

Sarah Gancher's hootenanny-inspired, Arkansas-set adaptation of 'Eugene Onegin'...

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War Horse – review

War Horse – review

The stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s much-loved book, War Horse has had quite...

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How To Recreate Kerry Washington’s Hermès Look For Less

How To Recreate Kerry Washington’s Hermès Look For Less

Kerry Washington could teach a masterclass in effortlessness if she wanted to. She...

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A Neon Nostalgia Kaboom for the End of the World

A Neon Nostalgia Kaboom for the End of the World

In its ’80s IP retro rush, is Broadway's 2025-26 season simply offering brand-name...

Pam MacKinnon on ACT, Isaac Butler on the NEA

Pam MacKinnon on ACT, Isaac Butler on the NEA

ACT's outgoing artistic director talks about the joys and challenges of an artistic...

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Excellence Provoking Thoughts: A Tale of Two Nnamdis

Excellence Provoking Thoughts: A Tale of Two Nnamdis

On the 29th night of May, 2026, a theatrical excellence, A Tale of Two Nnamdis by...

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ZazaFest to Honor the Life of Diana Oh

ZazaFest to Honor the Life of Diana Oh

A grassroots coalition has emerged to honor the life of iconic queer artist Diana...

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TCG Names 5 Puerto Rican Artists as 2026 Rising Leaders

TCG Names 5 Puerto Rican Artists as 2026 Rising Leaders

This year's Rising Leaders program highlights emerging artists within the Puerto...

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Hadestown – review

Hadestown – review

At the heart of London’s Lyric Theatre, Hadestown reimagines the Greek myth of Orpheus...

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Jessica Stone: Ready for a Long Conversation at La Jolla Playhouse

Jessica Stone: Ready for a Long Conversation at La Jolla...

For this actor-turned-director, the job of running one of the U.S.'s biggest nonprofit...

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Barbican announces new centre-wide events and gatherings for Project a Black Planet

Barbican announces new centre-wide events and gatherings...

This summer, the Barbican presents Project a Black Planet, a major season celebrating...

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People to Watch: Megan Mullally

People to Watch: Megan Mullally

As the 'Will and Grace' star makes a theatrical return in the wild new musical 'Iceboy!,'...

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What Else Is New: A U.S. World Premiere Roundup

What Else Is New: A U.S. World Premiere Roundup

A complete listing of new plays being produced this month.

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Ryan Calais Cameron and Monique Touko – interview

Ryan Calais Cameron and Monique Touko – interview

Ahead of The Afronauts opening at the Royal Court Theatre this November, we sat...

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Beetlejuice the Musical – review

Beetlejuice the Musical – review

Since Tim Burton created the iconic 1988 movie, the Beetlejuice UK fandom has been...

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Return to the Forest – review

Return to the Forest – review

Following its world premiere in Manchester earlier this month, Return to the Forest has...

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Get £9 tickets to Return to the Forest at Sadler’s Wells East

Get £9 tickets to Return to the Forest at Sadler’s Wells...

Don’t miss the BFI’s tribute to one of the first black actors to forge a successful...

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Art & Soul Consulting Defines Hair Leads With Texture Ready

Art & Soul Consulting Defines Hair Leads With Texture Ready

The first production-side standard for hair in theatre, film, and TV aims to address...

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TYA, or Theatre for Audiences Who Happen to Be Young?

TYA, or Theatre for Audiences Who Happen to Be Young?

New Victory Theater’s artistic director makes the case for breaking down borders,...

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RYAN CALAIS CAMERON AND MONIQUE TOUKO ANNOUNCED AS CO-DIRECTORS OF THE AFRONAUTS

RYAN CALAIS CAMERON AND MONIQUE TOUKO ANNOUNCED AS CO-DIRECTORS...

Royal Court Theatre today announces The Afronauts writer Ryan Calais Cameron (For...

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Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Create New Audition Initiative

Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Create New Audition Initiative

The new initiative is designed to provide Equity actors the opportunity to be seen...

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‘Black Swan’ Brings the Music and the Mirror

‘Black Swan’ Brings the Music and the Mirror

A new musical from Jen Silverman and Dave Malloy seeks to bring the Oscar-nominated...

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Comment on LES DO THIS by 20bet

Comment on LES DO THIS by 20bet

I am currently writing a paper that is very related to your content. I read your...

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Before I’m Dead: Discounted theatre tickets for Lambeth residents

Before I’m Dead: Discounted theatre tickets for Lambeth...

Lambeth residents can see the award-winning new play BEFORE I’M DEAD at The Glitch...

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Ballet Black at 25 review

Ballet Black at 25 review

Back when I was a five-year-old in my first (and last) ballet class, crying because...

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Nine Sixteenth  by Paula Varjack – review

Nine Sixteenth  by Paula Varjack – review

Nine Sixteenths is a collaborative, Black female-led theatre play that takes us...

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DON’T MISS OLIVER SAMUELS IN HIS FUNNIEST PLAY TO DATE ‘WHERE DERE’S A WILL DERE’S A CRIMINAL’  COMES TO THE UK

DON’T MISS OLIVER SAMUELS IN HIS FUNNIEST PLAY TO DATE...

Bagga John (BJ) Production, LV Promotion, C De Vision and Sunshine Horizon Promotion...

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Care by Alexander Zeldin – review

Care by Alexander Zeldin – review

Alexander Zeldin’s Care is not an easy watch. Set within the emotionally and physically...

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The Harder They Come – review

The Harder They Come – review

Few revivals feel as thoroughly deserved as the return of The Harder They Come to...

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Native Theatre Movement Launches With Open Letter

Native Theatre Movement Launches With Open Letter

Signed by 250 Native and non-Native artists, the new effort and alliance calls on...

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Cultivating Our Next Theatre Directors in the Festival of Nine Plays

Cultivating Our Next Theatre Directors in the Festival...

From the 21st to the 23rd of April, 2026, I had the privilege to attend the Festival...

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Václav Havel Would Want Us to Fight—and Hope

Václav Havel Would Want Us to Fight—and Hope

Next month’s Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival will offer an NYC...

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PlayPenn to Explore ‘Democracy in Action’ at 2026 Conference

PlayPenn to Explore ‘Democracy in Action’ at 2026 Conference

PlayPenn's 2026 New Play Development Conference will feature new work by Zoe Palmer,...

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Farm Theater, Stage Partners Announce Publishing Alliance

Farm Theater, Stage Partners Announce Publishing Alliance

Beginning this year, Stage Partners will be the exclusive publisher of the Farm...

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PlayPenn to Explores ‘Democracy in Action’ at 2026 Conference

PlayPenn to Explores ‘Democracy in Action’ at 2026 Conference

PlayPenn's 2026 New Play Development Conference will feature new work by Roger Zoe...

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Drama Desks, Drama League, Helen Hayes Awards, and More

Drama Desks, Drama League, Helen Hayes Awards, and More

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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Bagga John (BJ) Production, LV Promotion, C De Vision and Sunshine Horizon Promotion presents  DON’T MISS OLIVER SAMUELS IN HIS FUNNIEST PLAY TO DATE – ‘WHERE DERE’S A WILL DERE’S A CRIMINAL’  COMES TO THE UK

Bagga John (BJ) Production, LV Promotion, C De Vision and...

Tickets on sale now UK get ready!  Oliver Samuels, the Caribbean’s legendary King...

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Carolina Performing Arts Announces New Festival

Carolina Performing Arts Announces New Festival

The inaugural All. Together. Now. festival at UNC-Chapel Hill, set for February...

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Monologues and Mayday in Minneapolis

Monologues and Mayday in Minneapolis

In defiance of early 2026's harrowing ICE/CBP occupation, Mixed Blood Theatre commissioned...

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£25 discounted weekend tickets INALA

£25 discounted weekend tickets INALA

Don’t miss the BFI’s tribute to one of the first black actors to forge a successful...

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Sherlock Holmes  By Joel Horwood – review

Sherlock Holmes By Joel Horwood – review

You really can’t get a more fitting venue for Sherlock Holmes than Regent’s Park...

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Tracee Ellis Ross makes a major career move this summer

Tracee Ellis Ross makes a major career move this summer

Tracee Ellis Ross is heading to Broadway, and the theater world is buzzing with...

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Between the Heartbeats – new artists announced

Between the Heartbeats – new artists announced

Produced by Olivier Award nominee Emmanuel Akwafo (For Black Boys Who Have Considered...

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What’s Next? Something Revealing!

What’s Next? Something Revealing!

For many educators, the close of a spring musical doesn't ease the pressure; there's...

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Comment on Ku Kyooto Rekindles the Fire of Legacy at the Uganda National Theatre by Who Wants to Dance With Death?: Ambition and Obligation in This Season’s Harvest

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – review

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – review

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at @sohoplace was something genuinely different....

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The Dead Still Dance in Ben Binebai’s Dance of the Ghosts

The Dead Still Dance in Ben Binebai’s Dance of the Ghosts

Ben Binebai’s Dance of the Ghosts is a play that offers hope to the oppressed. Justice,...

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MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO ANNOUNCES FINAL EXTENSION IN THE WEST END

MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO ANNOUNCES FINAL EXTENSION IN THE WEST...

Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), in collaboration...

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£10 OFF TICKETS  BALLET BLACK’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR  21-23 MAY 2026

£10 OFF TICKETS BALLET BLACK’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 21-23...

Don’t miss the BFI’s tribute to one of the first black actors to forge a successful...

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£10 OFF TICKETS BALLET BLACK’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR  21-23 MAY 2026

£10 OFF TICKETS BALLET BLACK’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 21-23...

Don’t miss the BFI’s tribute to one of the first black actors to forge a successful...

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An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde – review

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde – review

If there’s one thing I enjoy seeing in theatre, it’s a classic play being modernised...

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Leadership Changes at Renaissance Theaterworks, Old Globe, and More

Leadership Changes at Renaissance Theaterworks, Old Globe,...

A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.

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Play On Shakespeare Partners With 3 Theatres

Play On Shakespeare Partners With 3 Theatres

A new collaboration with Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Lake...

Lisa Sanaye Dring Builds Mind Palaces

Lisa Sanaye Dring Builds Mind Palaces

The playwright and director from Hawaii and Nevada discusses ‘Death Play,’ ‘Sumo,’...

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The Last Black Messiah – review

The Last Black Messiah – review

Written by Emeka Agada,  The Last Black Messiah is a two-hander performed by Emeka...

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Waitukubuli Dance Theatre Company marks 55th anniversary with ‘Rhythms of Our Roots’ production

Waitukubuli Dance Theatre Company marks 55th anniversary...

Over five decades of dance and music production will be showcased this month by...

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1536 – review

1536 – review

Playwright Ava Pickett’s 1536 takes its title from the year Anne Boleyn was executed...

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Leo Simpe-Asante – Godot’s To Do List

Leo Simpe-Asante – Godot’s To Do List

As a spoof on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Godot’s To Do List is inspired...

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21 Practical Tips for New Artistic Directors

21 Practical Tips for New Artistic Directors

Leadership advice from the producing artsitic director of Cincinnati Playhouse in...

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Featured Contributors

Featured Contributors

A guide on how to start a theatre company in 2026, and highlights on six iconic...

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BIPOC Critics Lab Goes Bicoastal With Old Globe, Public Theater

BIPOC Critics Lab Goes Bicoastal With Old Globe, Public...

Applications are now open for the first bicoastal 2026-27 BIPOC Critics Lab cohort,...

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Ella Mai Returns To The Stage With ‘Do You Still Love Me’ Tour — Here’s The Setlist We Want To Hear

Ella Mai Returns To The Stage With ‘Do You Still Love Me’...

Ella Mai returns with 'Do You Still Love Me' tour, bringing new production and personal...

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Tianyu Lei, Viktoriia Shlenova Receive 2026 Willa Kim Scholarships

Tianyu Lei, Viktoriia Shlenova Receive 2026 Willa Kim Scholarships

The scholarship, administered by Theatre Communications Group, supports early-career...

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Olandria Carthen Opens Up About Being One Of Sports Illustrated’s Newest Rookies

Olandria Carthen Opens Up About Being One Of Sports Illustrated’s...

Olandria Carthen is Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2026 Rookie of the Year, and her...

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Breakin’ Convention 2026 – review

Breakin’ Convention 2026 – review

FRIDAY 1 MAY Jonzi D, founder and artistic director of Breakin’ Convention, opened...

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How ‘Is God Is’ Set Aleshea Harris Free

How ‘Is God Is’ Set Aleshea Harris Free

As her acclaimed play about twin sisters bent on revenge reaches the screen, the...

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What Is a National Theatre?

What Is a National Theatre?

Róbert Alföldi battles to invigorate Hungary’s premier stage with visions of the...

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Things to Do, DMV: Weekday Rundown, May 11-13

Things to Do, DMV: Weekday Rundown, May 11-13

The DMV is hosting a variety of events this week, from gentle yoga and cooking classes...

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State of Play

State of Play

Why the theatre industry’s new-play push hasn’t improved the playwrights’ lot.

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